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Japan:Typhoon:2002/10/02
Duration 2002/10/02 Four people have died and one is missing in a powerful typhoon that has battered its way from Tokyo to Japan's northernmost island. Country or District Japan Name Typhoon
Headline(Source, Date) Personal Injury Material Damage Others Fire and Disaster Management Agency 2002/10/17 Dead: 5 people
Heavy injured: 10 people
Injured: 78 peopleCollapsed: 7 houses
Destroyed: 11 houses
Damaged: 383 houses
Inundation above the floor level: 203 houses
Flood under a floor: 1,352 houses
asahi.com (Japanese) 2002/10/02 Death:4 people
Missing: one people
Injured: 61 peolpeDestroyed: 92 houses
Inundated:281 houses
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- Fire and Disaster Management Agency 2002/10/17
About the damage situation by the typhoon Higos.- asahi.com (Japanese) 2002/10/02
4 people dead, 1 person missing- CNN news 2002/10/02
Typhoon Higos kills four in Japan
- BBC NEWS 2002/10/02
At least four people were killed as the typhoonˇˇHigos.- Yahoo asia News 2002/10/02
Four dead and one missing after typhoon lashes JapanGeographycal Data Information
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